Tall tales are an ancient thing. Some statements that are fraud in certain settings, shouldn't be so, say... on a bar stool w/ nothing at stake. Bullshitting is as old as speech IMO.

If the lies are used to draw money out of, or falsely claim authority over marks, then yes, it's fraud and there are already laws against deceptive practices like that.

Perhaps people should carry their papers, or have some convenient tattoo or microchip implant, to make sure anyone can find out exactly who they are, and if they're lying at any time. Maybe some TV screen in the apt. where you could look at it, but someone could look at you simultaneously, just to make sure.

"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself--anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face...; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime..."

Then no one can lie, and everything will be detectable and punishable.

Tall tales are an ancient thing. Some statements that are fraud in certain settings, shouldn't be so, say... on a bar stool w/ nothing at stake. Bullshitting is as old as speech IMO.

If the lies are used to draw money out of, or falsely claim authority over marks, then yes, it's fraud and there are already laws against deceptive practices like that.

Perhaps people should carry their papers, or have some convenient tattoo or microchip implant, to make sure anyone can find out exactly who they are, and if they're lying at any time. Maybe some TV screen in the apt. where you could look at it, but someone could look at you simultaneously, just to make sure.

Then no one can lie, and everything will be detectable and punishable.

All must abide and all must adhere,
Future oppression becoming all clear,
This is a warning so you must take heed,
This coming vision is reality.